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to bathe in

to bathe in

44 2.1
To get into warm water to clean yourself or relax
  • phrasal verb
  • /beɪð ɪn/
: bañarse en
  • But God is watching over baby Moses, and Pharaoh's daughter comes down to bathe in the Nile.
  • bathe in the water
  • bathed in light

He told me that they no longer liked to bathe in that particular pond to right.

Examples

  • He bathed in the river.

    Legend of the Lost (1957)

  • Every day we bathed in the radiant heat of the sun.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Perhaps if they let me go bathe in the river in the evening, I could have checked.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • We bathed in the same water as the cattle.

    Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll (2014)

  • When rain fell at night, he liked to bathe in the open, letting the downpour sluice over him.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • And here we see a couple muscular gentlemen from the United Kingdom as they bathe in the beautiful baths of this place in Croatia.

  • If you bathe in Mother Ganga there, with the right attitude, one would hope you'd get rid of all your bad karma, all your demerits; all your bad deeds are washed away by the purity of the river.

    Ocean to Sky (2019)

  • Many of our guests travel from far and wide to bathe in our healing waters.

  • They slept under the stars and bathed in icy streams after a long hike.

  • If you bathe in the ocean, you can feel the stress melt away.

Synonyms

to take a bath
vsto bathe in
119 1.0

To wash and relax in a tub of warm water

is the general phrase for that same action
to bathe
vsto bathe in
37 1.4

To swim for pleasure in the sea or pool

is more about cleaning or calm relaxation than pure play
to take a dip
vsto bathe in
  • Jargon
9 2.8

To go into the water for a short time to swim or cool off

involves longer immersion for washing or relaxed soaking
to soak in the tub
vsto bathe in
3 2.3

To relax for a while in warm water in a bathtub

is broader, including washing as well as relaxation
to lave
vsto bathe in
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To wash someone or something gently with water

focuses more on cleaning rather than relaxation

How Immersed

to immerse in
52 4.2
to soak
57 1.0
to bathe in
44 2.1
to take a dip
  • Jargon
9 2.8

Surface Forms

bathe in infinitive
bathed in past
bathed in past participle
bathing in present participle
bathes in third person singular

Morphology

bathe + in

The meaning 'to immerse oneself in water for cleansing or relaxation' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bathe' (to wash/immerse oneself) with the preposition 'in' (indicating location). This verb + preposition composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Bathe in comes from the simple image of bathe (to wash) and in (inside water): imagine stepping into a warm tub so the water is all around you. That's why it means 'to immerse yourself in water to clean or relax'.